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LITERATURE ACADEMY: Focus on Midnight's Children
SETTING
What is the setting in literature?
Watch the video below;
Setting in Midnight's Children
Look at the images above. The story takes place in India and Pakistan. Did the change in period / setting affect Saleem's behaviour towards the people around him?
Reflection Point
Excerpt from page 3 Book 1 : The perforated sheet
I was born in the city of Bombay ... once upon a time. No, that won't do, there's no getting away from the date: I was born in Doctor Narlikar's Nursing Home on August 15th, 1947. And the time? The time matters, too. Well then: at night. No, it's important to be more ... On the stroke of midnight, as a matter of fact. Clock-hands joined palms in respectful greeting as I came. Oh, spell it out, spell it out: at the precise instant of India's arrival at independence, I tumbled forth into the world.
Writing Fiction : Setting
Principle 1 : Change passive to active language
Example :
Point to Ponder
This book is an autobiographical fiction. What is the writing style adopted by the author in describing the setting of the book. Are the two principles used?
Principle 2 : Change from abstract to concrete writing
Example :
Setting : Bombay, Nursing Home
Period: August 15th 1947, India's Independence day
Dialect: Hindi (Ye' Akasvani hai p. 230; Gujrati (Soo che')p. 265
Midnight in Action
Based on the two principles of setting related fictional writing, construct a paragraph explaining the one of the many settings/periods of Midnight's Children.
SETTING
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